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Classic Papers

• The paper that started it all.
  <cite>A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks</cite> by Dr. E.F.Codd [HTML]
  
• If you only ever read one paper on designing a database, this is the one to read.
  <cite>A Simple Guide to the Five Normal Forms</cite> by William Kent [HTML] [PDF]

Misc

For those that are interested my old picture can be found here.